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dodkin

dodkin noun: a doit; a small coin.

Noun

dodkin (plural dodkins)

  1. A doit; a small coin.
    • you must understand that she's not worth a dodkin for a queen.1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of dodkin

pluraldodkins

Origin of dodkin

From Dutch duitken, diminutive of duit. See doit, and compare doitkin.

Questions about dodkin

What does dodkin mean?
Dodkin means a doit; a small coin.
What part of speech is dodkin?
Dodkin is a noun.
What is the plural of dodkin?
The plural of dodkin is dodkins.

Words near dodkin in the dictionary

  1. dodie
  2. dodies
  3. dodine
  4. dodipole
  5. dodipoles
  6. dodkin
  7. dodkins
  8. Dodleston
  9. dodman
  10. dodmans
  11. dodmen

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